Learning Energy Ball Step by Step

Azisa quietly accepted the Sun Stone. Understanding what Dian meant, she stopped protesting and took up the conversation. "Mm, my brother's planning to enter the Grass-type Pokémon Championship in Sunshine Town."

She added with a smile, "He's taking his Vileplume. Apparently, this year's prize is a Grass-type Pokémon Egg from another region, so more people have entered than ever before."

"Vileplume?"

Dian felt a private surge of relief when Azisa accepted the Sun Stone. He didn't like feeling indebted to someone all the time.

After all, the value of moves like Solar Beam and Energy Ball shouldn't be underestimated.

There might be plenty of Pokémon that knew Solar Beam or Energy Ball at regional tournaments.

But across the entire Pokémon World, how many Oddish could learn both moves before evolving? It wasn't just a matter of natural talent. It came down to how they were raised, too.

Dian suspected Azisa's family had some unique secret method. The Sun Stone was only a gesture of appreciation. Whether it was enough to cover the lessons was hard to say.

Azisa gave a helpless smile. "Remember when I said we'd found a trace of a Sun Stone? It turned out to be a Leaf Stone."

Natsu had been rather embarrassed when he returned. He'd promised to find her a Sun Stone before setting off on his travels. Then, just as she received Dian's message, Natsu had acted as though he understood everything and left at once, saying he wouldn't intrude on their private time...

Azisa sighed at the thought. Her brother was wonderful in every other way, but she couldn't keep up with how his mind worked.

If it hadn't been confirmed, she wouldn't have known which of them was their parents' biological child and which was adopted.

As Dian imagined that Gloom